She’s just a gay man in a woman’s body ...

Friday 6 June 2014 12:25 BST

Nigella Lawson’s second marriage, to advertising guru Charles Saatchi, may have ended on the front pages but that does not mean she has given up men altogether.

The chef and TV personality was among the guests at One Marylebone last night for the Terrence Higgins Trust gala dinner, supporting people living with Aids. She told The Londoner that she has long held an affinity with the gay community ever since her marriage to the late John Diamond. “My first husband,” she recalled, “always told me that I was a gay man in a woman’s body, and I always agreed with him.”

Judging by the attention Ms Lawson received from guests including David Walliams and Stephen Fry last night, it’s Saatchi’s loss.